Improvement in fishing-line reels



UNITED STATES PATENT ONICE.l

WM. H. VAN GIEsoN, oF'NEW HOEK, AssieNoE 'rc` THos. H. EATHDE HIGHLAND, AND WM. MILLS, 0F NEW YOELN. Y.

IMPROVEMENTVIN F'ISHVING--LINE REELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No, 43,460, dated July 5, 1864.

To all whom vit may concern E@ it known that I, WILLIAM H. vrs Gm! vSON, of the city,fcounty, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Fish-Reels, of which the following is a specification. i

' My invention consists in clamping the cogwheel thatv orks the shaft about which the line is wound between the wheels which revolve with the crank, and thus revolve the cog-Wheel and shaft by friction,;in order -to avoid the danger of breaking the apparatus and. losingv'the line and fish by any sudden ,erk or strain which the fish may give to the me. Y

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of the reeljwilth the crank and cap removed. Fig. 2 is a section of the reel through the line Vy y. Fig. 3 is la View of friction-collar and cog-wheel. Y

A is-the crank by means of which the line is wound or reeled in. B is a thumb-screw, by means of which the pressure upon the coiled spring Cl is regulated. l

C is a coiled spring, heldv downr and the pressure it exerts regulated by the thumbscrew B. The other end of the coiled spring' Crests upon a pinLD, which passes through a hole in the friction wheel'or collar E and .drawn up against-.the other side of the cogwheel H, which said cog-Wheel His thusclamped between the wheels E and G, and is carried round by and with the crank-shaft F. rlhe cog-wheel H works into and revolves the cog-wheel J, attached to the shaft K, about which the line'is wound or reeled.

The object and advantage of my invention 'is; that it' preserves the apparatus from the danger of being broken and prevents the consequent vloss of'iis'lr-gandline lby' any suddenL jerk or strain causedV by the fish running or turning suddenly, for the force necessary to break the line or apparatus is always less than that required to overcome the friction of the Wheels E and G upon the cog-wheel H, so that the only elfectof such jerk -or 'strain will be to run out theline. Another advantage is that the operator may continue constantly reeling in his line from the time the fish is hooked, for when the fish pulls hard enough l to overcome the friction the line will run out,

and when the fish slacks up, or turns, or runs back, or pulls less than enough to overcome thefrictionLthe wheels E and G will immedi-` ately act upon ,the cog-wheel H and rcel in the line. Y

I claiml The combination of the thumb-screw B, the coiled spring C, the pin D, .and the friction-Wheels E and G with the cog-wheel H and the crank-shaft F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.y

y W. H. VANl GiEsoN.

' Witnesses THos. P. How, JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

